Ahora leyendo: Not identifying with where we are today - We try to maintain a relaxed observing, and not identify with our thoughts. The heart of mindfulness practice: To think ‘I am screwed up’, is a value judgement, isn’t it? ‘Screwed up’ makes the ‘I am’. It is identifying with a certain kind of condition, a feeling about oneself personally. If we leave off the ‘screwed up’ bit, we get more to the reality of the moment ― ‘Right now I am . . .’ and there is this sense of being here and n...

Ahora leyendo: How to Seize End-of-Year-Power - End of year conversations carry unique weight. Why not stoke some fires? A forward-facing conversation with you transforms attitudes. A good word from you energizes effort. Baggage: A leader recently told me how… Continue reading →

Ahora leyendo: Why Anger Isn’t “Bad” and How I Learned to Hear Its Hidden Message - “Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.” ~Maya Angelou I’ve always had a complex relationship with anger. When I was young, I used to think I was somehow above anger. I would brag to people that I never got mad. Sure, I’d admit, I hated some people, but at least I wasn’t angry. When I began therapy in my mid-twenties to deal with persistent depression...

Ahora leyendo: Even If Genes Affect Intelligence, We Can’t Engineer Cleverness - First, let me tell you how smart I am. So smart. My fifth-grade teacher said I was gifted in mathematics and, looking back, I have to admit that she was right. I’ve properly grasped the character of metaphysics as trope nominalism, and I can tell you that time exists, but that it can’t be ... Read More

Ahora leyendo: Upcoming open international events in 2018 - Most of our speeches and workshops are for clients and limited to only their people, but I do have some really cool open international speaking gigs coming up in 2018. If you want to know all about creating happier and more successful workplaces, here’s your chance. Jan 25 in Vienna, Austria: Workshop on happiness at work I’m doing my first ever workshop on happiness at work in Austria together with our partners from Happy People B...

Ahora leyendo: Meditators Under the Microscope - Richie Davidson has always been a maverick. While other neuroscientists focused their attention on the mechanics of how to think harder and better, he was intrigued by a different question: What is a truly relaxed and focused mind capable of? His own practice of meditation and his encounters with experienced meditators offered him personal, anecdotal evidence for the profound effects of mindfulness and other kinds of practices, but could he d...